I’ve made an rather unintended discovery regarding blog traffic (probably something everyone else has ALREADY figured out). I don’t usually get an overabundance of visitors here -- not much interest in the mundane details of my everyday life. However, I noticed the sojourner had a LOT of traffic today. I was a bit baffled, wondering what had changed -- had I written something incredibly brilliant and/or witty? Had I been nominated number 1? Had I shown up in the crazy 40 block? Then it dawned on me -- I spent an uncommonly large amount of time last night and this morning just blog hopping to see what everyone else had to say about anything and everything, even dropped a comment here and there.

My discovery is this: If you want other bloggers to visit you blog...

1] Visit THEM.

That doesn’t necessarily mean they will actually talk with you (leave a comment/reply), but at least you know you’ve been noticed. If they don’t talk to you, it’s up to you to figure out whether or not they actually enjoyed their visit. Go ahead, humor yourself -- of COURSE they were impressed with your superior intellect and creative writing skills -- how could they NOT be?!

2] Post a comment regarding gay marriages.

I noticed that everyone who did -- regardless of their own views -- were literally SWAMPED with visitors and comments (and much interesting bantering between bloggers of differing views). Why we are all so intensely interested in the sex lives of strangers is beyond me. If we really knew all there was to know about the sex lives of just our co-workers, friends and families, it would likely scare us so shitless we’d be afraid to leave our homes. But anyway, just the mention of gay marriages seems to really stir up the hornet’s nest, so post something on the subject...ANYthing...the hornets will come (and may actually sting...er, TALK to you).

Here it is, in black and white...read it and weep with admiration and envy. I’m a ‘pundit’ blogger (what the hell is a PUNDIT?!). It’s good to know that SOMEone appreciates my overwhelming talent. If you can’t get any positive feedback from fellow bloggers, take this quiz. Whatever kind of blogger it says you are, it’s sure to make you feel good about yourself (these quizzes never tell yout that you are a boring jerk).

What Kind of Blogger Are You?